Comments on: Lynne May’s SoaS deployment http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/ Braindumps on things Mel Chua has found shiny lately. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tony Forster http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-4358 Tony Forster Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:53:46 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/#comment-4358 Have you looked at the latest pre-release version of Turtle Art, V83 for Sugar? While still very easy to start kids with, it now includes a number of higher level features such as multiple turtles, variables and stacks (suboutines) it should give a gentle introduction to the later use of Etoys Have you looked at the latest pre-release version of Turtle Art, V83 for Sugar?

While still very easy to start kids with, it now includes a number of higher level features such as multiple turtles, variables and stacks (suboutines)

it should give a gentle introduction to the later use of Etoys

]]> By: [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » “It’s like the wii!” http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-4349 [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » “It’s like the wii!” Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:20:54 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/#comment-4349 [...] who’s not used to it, it’s more like: “Whoa, three people emailed in response to your post? Who are they? Why… why are they being so nice? Wow! How do I even respond to this? Um. Thank [...] [...] who’s not used to it, it’s more like: “Whoa, three people emailed in response to your post? Who are they? Why… why are they being so nice? Wow! How do I even respond to this? Um. Thank [...]

]]> By: Stephen Thomas http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-4346 Stephen Thomas Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:14:03 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/#comment-4346 When you say "Etoys, which was ultimately deemed too difficult to work with first-graders on within the scope of our deployment. We would love to be proven wrong about this, by the way – the concern is mostly that we’d spend so much time getting through the basics of Etoys that this is all we’d be able to do for the last 4 months of the school year." How do you define basics and what specific tasks were being introduced in the introduction? When you say “Etoys, which was ultimately deemed too difficult to work with first-graders on within the scope of our deployment. We would love to be proven wrong about this, by the way – the concern is mostly that we’d spend so much time getting through the basics of Etoys that this is all we’d be able to do for the last 4 months of the school year.”
How do you define basics and what specific tasks were being introduced in the introduction?

]]> By: DJ http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 DJ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:33:15 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/#comment-4316 Why didn't you mention this at dinner? I am filled with nerdly envy :) Why didn’t you mention this at dinner? I am filled with nerdly envy :)

]]> By: [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » SoaS deployment hardware: the ideal set http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-4314 [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » SoaS deployment hardware: the ideal set Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:17:34 +0000 http://blog.melchua.com/2010/02/06/lynne-mays-soas-deployment/#comment-4314 [...] of my two jobs for the week for Lynne May’s SoaS deployment is getting hardware for all this to run [...] [...] of my two jobs for the week for Lynne May’s SoaS deployment is getting hardware for all this to run [...]

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